Marie (Mary)-Rose-Anne Travers.Born Newport,
Gaspèsie, Quebec June 4, 1894. Died February 20, 1941. She left her home
in the Gaspé to move to the city of Montreal as a young woman. In Montreal
she would marry and begin to raise her family of 13 children. When her
husband became ill she needed to help with the family income and she began
to use her music skills to earn some cash. She played the violin and
harmonica and she could also sing. She is best known by the name of
LA BULDUC. She would become Canada's premier chansonère (singer),
composing and singing songs of ordinary daily life of Quebec. She has to
her writing credit some 300 songs. A museum has been established in
her home town of Newport. ** some sources report her birth
date as June 24.